21.  Any player dumb enough to fall for that would figure to be unable to handle the academic load.

22.  Any player goes through that."

23.  Defensively, that definitely was one of my better games.

24.  Defensively, that is.

25.  Defensively, that will mean improved on-the-ball and help coverage and stronger rebounding.

26.  Defensively, the Nets are still trying to learn the new trapping-switching system (a la Seattle) that Calipari has installed.

27.  Defensively, they are disruptive enough that opposing teams tend to improvise on offense.

28.  Defensively, they've collapsed well on O'Neal and forced the Lakers into an outside shooting game that has mostly failed.

29.  Defensively, we didn't have that many changes (in personnel) or injuries.

30.  Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark implied that Bell fabricated the incident after hearing Fuhrman testify in preliminary hearings last year.